-About this book

This book explores the unconscionable health, social, and economic inequities revealed by COVID-19. Itprobes the profound weaknesses in many national responses, the deficiencies in global institutions, and the affronts to human rights and the rule of law. Above all, this marvellous book makes a compelling case for transparency, accountability, and justice. The book is a tour de force on the human, social, economic, and legal impacts of a once in a lifetime pandemic.

-Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ………………………………………………………………….. xi
Reviews……………………………………………………………………………….. xiii
INTRODUCTION
Overview of COVID-19: Old and New Vulnerabilities
Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott,
Sophie Thériault, and Sridhar Venkatapuram…………………………… 1
SECTION A
WHO DOES WHAT?
CHALLENGES AND DEMANDS OF CANADIAN FEDERALISM
CHAPTER A-1
Have the Post-SARS Reforms Prepared Us for COVID-19?
Mapping the Institutional Landscape
Katherine Fierlbeck and Lorian Hardcastle……………………………… 31
CHAPTER A-2
COVID-19 and First Nations’ Responses
Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewitt ………………. 49
CHAPITRE A-3
Réflexions sur la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur la santé publique
au Québec dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19
Michelle Giroux………………………………………………………………………. 69
CHAPITRE A-4
La COVID-19 au Canada : le fédéralisme coopératif
à pied d’œuvre
David Robitaille………………………………………………………………………. 79
CHAPTER A-5
Pandemic Data Sharing: How the Canadian Constitution
Has Turned into a Suicide Pact
Amir Attaran and Adam R. Houston …………………………………………. 91

 CHAPTER A-6
The Federal Emergencies Act: A Hollow Promise in the Face
of COVID-19?
Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas……………………………………… 105
CHAPTER A-7
Resisting the Siren’s Call: Emergency Powers, Federalism,
and Public Policy
Carissima Mathen ……………………………………………………………….. 115
CHAPTER A-8
Municipal Power and Democratic Legitimacy in the Time
of COVID-19
Alexandra Flynn ………………………………………………………………….. 127
SECTION B
MAKING SURE SOMEONE IS ACCOUNTABLE:
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPTER B-1
Ensuring Executive and Legislative Accountability
in a Pandemic
Vanessa MacDonnell…………………………………………………………….. 141
CHAPTER B-2
Good Governance: Institutions, Processes, and People
Mel Cappe …………………………………………………………………………… 163
CHAPTER B-3
The Duty to Govern and the Rule of Law in an Emergency
Grégoire Webber…………………………………………………………………… 175
CHAPTER B-4
Does Debunking Work? Correcting COVID-19 Misinformation
on Social Media
Timothy Caulfield…………………………………………………………………… 183
CHAPTER B-5
The Media Paradox and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeffrey Simpson…………………………………………………………………….. 201
CHAPTER B-6
Governmental Power and COVID-19:
The Limits of Judicial Review
Paul Daly …………………………………………………………………………….. 211

CHAPTER B-7
Liability of the Crown in Times of Pandemic
Marie-France Fortin………………………………………………………………. 223
CHAPTER B-8
Balancing Risk and Reward in the Time of COVID-19:
Bridging the Gap Between Public Interest and the “Best Interests
of the Corporation”
Jennifer A. Quaid …………………………………………………………………. 233
SECTION C
CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. IDEAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER C-1
Civil Liberties vs. Public Health
Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Dr. Kumanan Wilson…… 249
CHAPTER C-2
Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-Tracing Apps
Teresa Scassa, Jason Millar, and Kelly Bronson……………………. 265
CHAPTER C-3
Should Immunity Licences be an Ingredient in our
Policy Response to COVID-19?
Daniel Weinstock and Vardit Ravitsky ……………………………………. 277
CHAPTER C-4
The Punitive Impact of Physical Distancing Laws
on Homeless People
Terry Skolnik ………………………………………………………………………… 287
CHAPTER C-5
The Right of Citizens Abroad to Return During a Pandemic
Yves Le Bouthillier and Delphine Nakache …………………………….. 299
SECTION D
EQUITY AND COVID-19
CHAPTER D-1
How Should We Allocate Health and Social Resources
During a Pandemic?
Sridhar Venkatapuram ………………………………………………………….. 313

CHAPITRE D-2
COVID-19 et âgisme : crise annoncée dans les centres de soins
de longue durée et réponse improvisée ?
Martine Lagacé, Linda Garcia et Louise Bélanger-Hardy ……….. 329
CHAPTER D-3
Fault Lines: COVID-19, the Charter, and Long-term Care
Martha Jackman …………………………………………………………………… 339
CHAPTER D-4
The Front Line Defence: Housing and Human Rights in the Time
of COVID-19
Leilani Farha and Kaitlin Schwan ………………………………………….. 355
CHAPTER D-5
COVID-19 in Canadian Prisons: Policies, Practices and Concerns
Adelina Iftene ………………………………………………………………………. 367
CHAPTER D-6
Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs
and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19
Pandemic
Anne Levesque and Sophie Thériault…………………………………….. 381
CHAPTER D-7
Spread of Anti-Asian Racism:
Prevention and Critical Race Analysis in Pandemic Planning
Jamie Chai Yun Liew…………………………………………………………….. 393
CHAPTER D-8
Migrant Health in a Time of Pandemic:
Fallacies of Us-Versus-Them
Y.Y. Brandon Chen………………………………………………………………… 407
CHAPTER D-9
Not All in This Together: Disability Rights and COVID-19
Tess Sheldon and Ravi Malhotra……………………………………………. 419
CHAPTER D-10
Weighing Public Health and Mental Health Responses
to Non-Compliance with Public Health Directives
in the Context of Mental Illness
Jennifer A. Chandler, Yasmin Khaliq, Mona Gupta,
Kwame McKenzie, Simon Hatcher, and Olivia Lee ………………….. 433

SECTION E
THIS JOB IS GONNA KILL ME: WORKING AND COVID-19
CHAPTER E-1
Privatization and COVID-19: A Deadly Combination
for Nursing Homes
Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, and Ivy Bourgeault ……………. 447
CHAPTER E-2
A View from the Front Lines of a COVID-19 Outbreak
Jane Philpott ………………………………………………………………………… 463
CHAPTER E-3
Occupational Health and Safety and COVID-19: Whose Rights
Come First in a Pandemic?
Katherine Lippel …………………………………………………………………… 473
CHAPTER E-4
Risking It All: Providing Patient Care and Whistleblowing
During a Pandemic
Vanessa Gruben and Louise Bélanger-Hardy…………………………. 487
CHAPTER E-5
Worked to the Bone: COVID-19, the Agrifood Labour Force,
and the Need for More Compassionate Post-Pandemic
Food Systems
Sarah Berger Richardson……………………………………………………….. 501
SECTION F
GLOBAL HEALTH AND GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER F-1
“Flattening the Curve” Through COVID-19 Contagion
Containment
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram ……………………… 513
CHAPTER F-2
The Plausibility and Resolvability of Legal Claims Against China
and WHO under the International Health Regulations (2005)
Sam Halabi and Kumanan Wilson………………………………………….. 533
CHAPTER F-3
COVID-19 and Africa: Does “One Size Fit All” in Public Health
Intervention?
Chidi Oguamanam………………………………………………………………… 543

CHAPTER F-4
Border Closures: A Pandemic of Symbolic Acts in the Time
of COVID-19
Steven J. Hoffman and Patrick Fafard ……………………………………. 555
CHAPTER F-5
COVID-19 and Accountable Artificial Intelligence
in a Global Context
Céline Castets-Renard and Eleonore Fournier-Tombs……………. 571
CHAPTER F-6
International Trade, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Policy:
Lessons from a Pandemic
Jeremy de Beer and E. Richard Gold …………………………………….. 579
CHAPTER F-7
COVID-19 Vaccines as Global Public Goods
Jason W. Nickerson and Matthew Herder ………………………………. 591
Biographies ………………………………………………………………………….. 601

 -caractéristiques     

 Date de parution:14 juillet 2020

 Éditeur : University of Ottawa Press

N.de page: 648 pages

 Poids: 900 g

ISBN-13 : 978-0776636405

 Dimensions : 15.24 x 3.3 x 22.86 cm

 Langue : Anglais